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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
by Manchester, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316544981
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544986
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 793 pages, indexed. Hardcover in black dust jacket. DJ has moderate wear, including edge-wear and rubbing. Text is clean.
Synopsis
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. It was made into a documentary series in 1983 hosted by John Huston. Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general for his military genius, administrative skill, and personal bravery, while criticizing his vanity, paranoia, and tendency toward insubordination.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049930
- Title
- American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
- Author
- Manchester, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316544981
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544986
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 1978; William Macnchester; Douglas MacArthur; Biography; World War Two; WWII
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; World War II;
- X weight
- 2.1 lb
Terms of Sale
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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